Internet-luring case adjourned while police examine computer

A Dartmouth man was arraigned Tuesday on charges of sharing explicit images online with a 12-year-old girl in the United States.

Richard Malcolm Coakley, 19, was arrested last month and released on conditions. He faces three charges of Internet luring and single counts of invitation to sexual touching and possession of child pornography.

American law enforcement officials notified Halifax Regional Police in May that a Dartmouth man had had inappropriate online contact with a 12-year-old girl from Maryland.

The offences were allegedly committed between March 1 and April 25 of this year.

Coakley remains free on conditions banning him from communicating with children under the age of 16, possessing devices with Internet access and being within 50 metres of any place frequented by children.